Comment on What is your preferred method for backing up several TB of data?
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 months agothat doesn’t require I keep a full local copy of all the data
So you want a local self hosted backup, but also not a full copy? So like backup only recently changed files?
jkrtn@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I want like one local device to have a full copy, but the devices writing new data into that one do not need a full copy.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I think you just described using a NAS as primary storage.
jkrtn@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Do you have a software you like for that?
AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Open Media Vault
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I’ve been using TrueNas with a nightly sync to Backblaze for years and I like it.
It used to be called FreeNas and used FreeBSD. Now the BSD version is called TrueNas Core, and a new Linux based version is called TrueNas Scale.
I would go with TrueNas Scale if I were starting a new one today. You probably won’t use the “jail” functionality immediately, but they’re super handy, and down the line if you start playing with them, you’ll run into fewer compatibility issues running Linux vs BSD.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
It’s basically a RAID + File shares like SMB.
Loads of DIY options, but I use a Synology so I don’t need to mess with anything.
ironsoap@lemmy.one 4 months ago
In technical terms you mean doing an incremental or differential back up to a local network storage location, correct?
jkrtn@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
“Incremental” sounds right. I want it to act like rsync without deleting files on the destination, so all the folders are merged. (It would be cool if it kept versions but I don’t absolutely need that.) Tools like Borg or Restic look great, but I have been searching to see if they support this kind of usage and they seem not to.